YENAGOA— Over 100 members of the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, have been arrested in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by the State Police Command.
It was gathered that the BNYL members were traveling to Yenagoa for the official inauguration of the Biafra National Council to be officiated by Chief Mujahid Asari Dokubo when they were arrested.
A statement from BNYL’s officer and secretary to the BNC Coalition, Geoffrey Nwosoriba, said, “I escaped from the arrest along Bayelsa junction. Right now about 100 of our members have been taken to State CID, in Yenagoa.”
Also, confirming the arrest of its members, the national leader of BNYL said efforts are being made to secure the release of the activists.
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